The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and Due Process Law Foundation (DPLF) invite you to the following hybrid event:
Accused of Money Laundering and Terrorism: Criminalizing NGOs to Close Civic Space
With:
Alí Daniels, Acceso a la Justicia
Claudia Guadamuz, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Ramiro Orias, Due Process of Law Foundation
Moderated by:
Laura Dib: WOLA Director for Venezuela
Different countries in the region have experienced a series of strategies by their governments to attack the work of civil society, criminalize human rights defenders and close civic space. The silence of the Venezuelan government after the publication in March 2023 of the Mutual Evaluation Report carried out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) highlights the need to analyze it. Many of the measures against civic space in the country and the official discourse against NGOs have been based, among other reasons, on an alleged application of FATF standards in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. Please join us for a conversation on FATF and the implications it has for the closure of civic space.
DATE: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 29
TIME: 4:30-5:30 PM EST
LOCATION: THIS EVENT WILL BE IN-PERSON AT WOLA’S OFFICE (1666 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW, SUITE 400, WASHINGTON DC), AS WELL AS ONLINE VIA ZOOM
To register for this event, please click here.
This event will be held in Spanish. Simultaneous interpretation from Spanish to English will be provided by Zoom. Those who attend in person and require interpretation will be able to listen to it by connecting to Zoom’s interpretation channel on their phones, we ask that you please bring your own headphones.